Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Modern Molecular Phylogenetic Groups of Thoracican Barnacles: Systematics, Biology and Ecology
(Benny K. K. Chan, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
Chapter 2. Larval Rearing of Lepas anatifera (Cirripedia, Lepadomorpha,) for Understanding Its Larval Duration and Feeding
(Ryusuke Kado, Marine Ecology Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan)
Chapter 3. Diverse Larval Dispersal and Settlement Strategies in Thoracican Barnacles
(Takefumi Yorisue, Akkeshi Marine Station, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan)
Chapter 4. Chemical Cues in Barnacle Larval Settlement
(Kiyotaka Matsumura and Noriyuki Endo, School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, and others)
Chapter 5. Larval Cementation in the Barnacles, Megabalanus Rosa
(Keiju Okano, Yue Him Wong, Yayoi Takahashi, Ayako Kikuchi, Yasuyuki Nogata, and Mieko Oguro-Okano, Department of Biotechnology, Akita Prefectural University, Akita-shi, Akita, Japan, and others)
Chapter 6. Larval Sense of Vision in Barnacles
(Kiyotaka Matsumura, School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, and others)
Chapter 7. Barnacle Settlement on Soft Materials
(Takayuki Murosaki, Department of Chemistry, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan)
Chapter 8. Application of Blue LED Light to Prevent Barnacle Larval Settlement
(Haruo Mimura and Kohei Hirono, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan)
Chapter 9. A Quantitative Detection Method for Barnacle Larvae Using the qPCR Technique
(Noriyuki Endo and Yasuyuki Nogata, Biological Technology group, Himeji EcoTech Co., Ltd., Hyogo, Japan, and others)
Index
